How do you start your day?  What gets you going in the morning?  None of us look forward to the annoying sounds are alarm clocks make.  We usually pick the most annoying sound, because we know it will wake us up!

For most people, once we’re up we head immediately to the kitchen for our morning coffee.   That soothing cup of caffeine get’s our brain firing and prepares us for the day ahead.

Maybe, for you it’s the morning run or going to the gym that gets you going.   The point is, we all have rituals that we follow every morning.  We’re all creatures of habit!

I’ve noticed lately however that I’m usually awake before the alarm goes off.  The Bible says that God speaks in a still small voice.  This is typically when I receive ideas to write about.

Look! I stand at the door and knock.  If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in, and we will share a meal together as friends.  Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.-Revelation 3:20,22

So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ. Romans 10:17

God communicates with us through his word.  It’s when we’re reading his word that he speaks to us.

One of my priorities, is to start the day with the Lord.   I usually head to Youtube and search for music by Bethel or Hillsong.  The music sets the tone for the time that I spend with Him.

Not sure where to start?  The book of Proverbs is a great place to start.  There are thirty-one chapters in this book that are filled with SOLID information about life!  Ironically, there are thirty-one days in the month of March.  If you start today, you can read a chapter every day throughout the month.  Here’s a few verses from chapter one:

Their purpose is to teach people wisdom and discipline, to help them understand the insights of the wise.  Their purpose is to teach people to live disciplined and successful lives, to help them do what is right, just and fair.  These proverbs will give insight to the simple, knowledge and discernment to the young.  Proverbs 1:2-4

Who, doesn’t want these things?

 

A sign is something that indicates the presence or existence of something else.

Can you imagine a life without signs?   A colleague of mine told me that after Hurricane Charlie hit the Gulf Coast of Florida, that all the signs were destroyed.   Imagine trying to drive through your city, and figure out which direction you need to go, without any signs.

You know what they say about men and following directions.   Ask my wife how many times we’ve ended up lost, because I thought I knew where I was going.

If we’re not careful, the same thing can happen to us in life.  We can go through our spiritual life and pay no attention to the warning signs that are right in front of us.

Our final destination will be one of two places.   God’s plan is for us to spend eternity with him in heaven.  If that’s what we desire, we MUST pay attention to the signs that  He’s laid out before us.  God gives us a free will and let’s us decide which signs to follow.

The wicked go down to the realm of the dead, all the nations that forget God.              Psalm 9:17

They will be punished with everlasting destruction and shut out from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might. 2 Thessalonians 1:9

And throw them into the blazing furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 13:50

Those that will be punished, are those that choose the wrong path or head the wrong direction.

The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness.  Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.  

I believe the main reason people don’t want to repent, is because they enjoy their sin.  They think that life will be boring without it!  Little do they know, that God has a bigger plan for their life!

One of the signs not shown above, is the “One Way” sign.  This sign should be the one sign that we pay close attention to.

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 

So, what must we do to have eternal life?

If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.  For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.  Romans 10:9-10 

The Bible is filled with signs as well!  Signs that lead & guide us to our final destination.   We can choose not to follow the signs that are there and in the end will wind up lost.